DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 09/01 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0954z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.7 - - 89.3 - - 83.7 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - 4 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2109 - - 3032 - - 50 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1732 - - 923 - - 923 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2998 - - 3921 - - 939 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1439 - - 1470 - - 1751 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 258 - - 181 - - 24 W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 7 - - 14 - - 6 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 228 - - 229 - - 207 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 2 - - 9 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 0 - - 3 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -727 - - -20 - - -1277 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 3725 - - 3941 - - 2216 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3854 - - -3571 - - -4698 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6852 - - 7492 - - 5637 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 80 - - 79 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 3410 - - 4060 - - 4440 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 87.7 - - 89.3 - - 83.7 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 74.1 - - 74.7 - - 76.5 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.1 - - 89.5 - - 85.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 72.8 - - 73.6 - - 76.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 92 - - 4 - - -30 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2109 - - 3032 - - 50 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 32 - - 19 - - 16 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 17 - - 17 - - 20 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98945 2 218 5 090 7 047 98945 91566 4 121 3 033 13 070 91566 85841 13 105 1 255 9 069 85841 81072 8 096 6 186 6 013 81072 76974 7 107 2 131 6 355 76974 73358 3 037 5 001 5 012 73358 70084 5 026 5 255 11 326 70084 67084 7 323 5 272 13 292 67084 64312 8 315 3 265 11 262 64312 61633 15 298 9 291 11 282 61633 58851 17 285 14 284 18 276 58851 55977 23 289 19 269 24 270 55977 53253 29 266 29 261 33 262 53253 50825 34 277 33 283 34 269 50825 48655 52 284 48 288 44 278 48655 46689 52 271 53 277 52 278 46689 44890 48 263 49 269 49 277 44890 43223 50 263 49 265 45 270 43223 41662 48 261 44 262 41 265 41662 40189 43 263 41 267 40 258 40189 38793 40 268 39 262 41 251 38793 37438 38 263 39 257 40 248 37438 36056 37 267 40 253 40 250 36056 34616 36 271 42 253 39 254 34616 33122 40 269 41 255 37 259 33122 31558 41 271 39 258 39 264 31558 29919 40 271 39 261 40 270 29919 28204 42 266 43 262 40 276 28204 26411 44 265 43 263 39 273 26411 24540 44 266 41 265 36 265 24540 22595 40 270 39 266 38 266 22595 20569 33 281 36 267 36 269 20569 18465 33 277 29 272 31 261 18465 16322 34 266 28 274 28 262 16322 14253 35 253 31 264 23 274 14253 12365 34 259 30 264 19 284 12365 10682 29 275 26 269 14 259 10682 9184 28 285 23 271 16 233 9184 7848 25 286 23 267 20 232 7848 6660 17 281 24 262 24 237 6660 5606 15 274 22 254 26 240 5606 4677 13 267 19*243 26 241 4677 3855 11 257 17*237 24 240 3855 3119 9*247 15 230 22 235 3119 2467 8*232 14 229 21 227 2467 1922 7 229 14 228 19 224 1922 1503 7 228 13 227 17 220 1503 1214 7 226 12 226 14 214 1214 1039 6 226 11 226 11 211 1039 939 5 225 8 226 6*207 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography